Square Got License to Trade Cryptos in New York, Letting Bitcoin Soar

Cash App, a person-to-person payments service, can now be used by New Yorkers to trade cyber coins. The app is a small business service provided by a financial services giant Square Inc., which has recently got recognition from U.S. regulators to deal with trading in New York.

The move has let both Square’s shares and bitcoin spike on Monday, June 18, as both of the hit their own recent records.

Crypto-Trading Now Possible in New York

The cyber money-trading has been functioning in the frames of Square for around half a year since the payment services titan set it off in late January. However, the feature wasn’t available for New York inhabitants.

Dan Dolev, a Nomura Instinet expert this week told CNBC that Cash App had approval in most American states but not in New York. The latter was the largest one where it was not possible for the company to provide to its clients purchasing and vending services related to cyber assets.

However, now, there are more bitcoin trading opportunities out there as the New York State Department of Financial Services authorized Square for providing digital currencies selling-and-buying services. The company has been conferred a permit which provides it with the access to the growing and well-controlled cyber money market, as it was said in the statement.

Square appears to be the ninth company got the approval to trade digital coins in New York. Also, the agency has granted permits on the same activity to firms like Coinbase and Circle (they got licenses) and Gemini Trust and Paxos (they were imparted charters) .

This license is known to be difficult to get as New York is thought to be one of the severest states when it comes to controlling cyber money companies.

How It Started

Interestingly, Square already holds money-transmitter approval from the state division. The giant is controlled by Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO, who has recently claimed that bitcoin will become the world’s single currency in the span of the next ten years.

As per Nomura Instinet, the Square’s Cash App, which now can be used in New York to trade virtual coins, was launched three years ago and currently is developing at a higher speed than Venmo, a mobile payment service provided by PayPal. It is also known that since the beginning of 2016, downloads on Cash app have had an average of 128% year-over-year increase each month, whereas Venmo can boast only about its 74% growth.

How Will Square Take Advantage of Trading BTC in a Stern State?

According to Dolev’s words, the granting of a permit to Square by the division could trigger the already thriving downloads as well as allow Cash App users to try out new features. Moreover, he said that the move is beneficial when it comes to marketing.

Bitcoin Surge Amid New York News

CNBC reported that on Monday, right after it was announced that Square’s Cash App got the permission to trade cyber assets in New York, bitcoin price surged.

The most valuable digital coin in the world grew up by more than 4.5%, reaching the margin of $6,793, its highest rate since June 12.

So Did Square Shares Go Up. Now Square Wants to Break Into The Banking

It is noteworthy that after the company notified its users about the updates in Cash App’s features, Square’s shares went up, hitting the record about $65 on June 18. That’s a growth of more than 2% per day. In general, this year the company’s shares soared 88%.

By the way, in a recent note to its part-owners, Square said that just in late 2017 the fintech firm had 7 million current existing on its Cash App. At the same time, lots of these clients have been using the app like a bank account, which wasn’t the fintech company’s initial aim.

Dorsey also said that Square has already shown signs of entering the banking system.

In accordance with a report by American Banker, Square applied for the FDIC permit to become an industrial loan firm in Utah. This approval would let the giant play a role of a standard bank and present services, among which there are issuing loans without the need to rely on banks or get licenses in each U.S. state.